Play Audio Script  Madam Deputy Chairman, the main question for consideration of this House is whether the increase in the passenger FARES and / in the freights that has been proposed by the Railway Minister should have the support of this House or not./ I have been listening with some interest to the speeches so far made and they are all UNANIMOUS on one/ point, namely, that there...

      Play Audio Script May, I Madam, draw the attention of the hon. Minister to an important Committee set up by the Government of/ India in 1998 under the chairmanship of Mr. Neogi who are asked to enquire into the/ various problems of railway-road co-ordination? Their PRELIMINARY report appeared sometime ago, and it was even circulated to all/ the State Governments for their opinion.  But to my regret, I...

  Play Audio Script If you SCAN the history of the railways in this country, you will see that it was the Presidency/ towns- Bombay, Madras and Calcutta—that determined the PATTERN or our railways as well as of our industrial and economic growth./ The British, when they landed in this country, established trading centres called forts.  In Chennai it was Fort St. George;/ in Kolkata it was Fort St. Williams and...

  Play Audio Script Mr. Vice-Chairman, I was speaking about the need for developing a strong U.N. delegation. I wish that the/ hon. Prime Minister would give his attention to this aspect of the matter, particularly in view of the fact that/ in the next DECADE or two, politics all over the world would take on a COMPLEX character and it is / necessary that men are trained from now on...

  Play Audio Script Mr. Vice-Chairman, Sir, I rise to support the plantations Labour (Amendment) Bill brought up by the Government for our/ consideration.           Sir, the sad PLIGHT of millions of TOILING people who sweat on various plantations in the country to earn/ valuable foreign exchange for us is really too much to be expressed in words.  These workers live and work in / most inhuman and PITIABLE conditions.  These...

        Play Audio Script Mr. Vice-Chairman, I would now like to make a few observations on the Ministry of Education.  Education is basic/ to any national REGENERATION. It is true that it does not bring any return as our other projects do as/ for instance, the steel projects or the irrigation projects do.  But this is the investment that is designed to help/ building up of the human...

      Play Audio Script Mr. Vice-Chairman, first of all, I must place on record my grateful thanks to the University Grants Commission for/ the work that they have done for the advancement of higher education.  They have done good work and in full/ co-operation with the Education Ministry. This ,I think ,must encourage State Government to establish university  grants commissions or committees in /their RESPECTIVE States.  What  the  country ...

      Play Audio Script           Madam, in respect of this Bill, along with the amendments which have been brought from the side of the Government/ after discussion yesterday, broadly we welcome the Bill itself.  But this should have been discussed amongst the Chief Ministers of the/ various States.  They are the implementing agency.  It is being done very expeditiously but much discussion is needed in/ this Bill.  Every citizen...